New Delhi: America’s great tennis player Serena Williams has announced her retirement. After appearing on the cover of Vogue’s September issue, the 40-year-old tennis star wrote on Instagram: “There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction.” Those times are always tough when you love something so much. It’s my goodness that I enjoy tennis. But now the countdown has started.
Serena Williams, the star player of Tenia, posted on her official Twitter handle and wrote, ‘There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction. Those times are always tough when you love something so much. I enjoy tennis. But now the countdown has started. I have to focus on being a mother, on my spiritual goals, and finally on discovering a different, but just as exciting, Serena. I am going to enjoy the coming few weeks.
Williams, who turns 41 next month, has 73 career singles titles, 23 career doubles titles, and over $94 million in career winnings.
Williams is widely hailed as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In her Vogue piece, she noted that some detractors point out that she hasn’t won the grandest slam titles in women’s tennis history, however.
“There are people who say I’m not the GOAT because I didn’t pass Margaret Court’s record of 24 grand slam titles, which she achieved before the ‘open era’ that began in 1968,” Williams wrote. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want that record.”
She said she will retire after the U.S. Open, which will run from late August into September. A victory there would tie her with Court’s grand slam record.
“I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York. But I’m going to try,” Williams wrote about the tournament, which is played in Queens.
She has counted sponsorships from companies including Nike, Audemars Piguet, Away, Beats, Bumble, Gatorade, Gucci, Lincoln, Michelob, Nintendo, Wilson Sporting Goods, and Procter and Gamble.
“I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair,” Williams wrote. “If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”
